Château de Chambord
Austin Edwards Frena Films
Category
Photographs
Date
1905
Materials
Cellulose nitrate
Measurements
78 x 102 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521196.2
Summary
A Frena Gelatine Silver film negative depicting a view of the Château de Chambord, The Loire Valley, France. The negative has rectangular cutouts on the top and bottom.The view is taken from the far side of a river/moat, with a bridge on the right hand side. There is an outbuilding on the far bank of the water and the Château is in the background, framed by 2 large trees, with 2 females in front of it, to the left.
Provenance
Part of the Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986
Makers and roles
Austin Edwards Frena Films, photographic film manufacturer